Story highlights. (CNN)Alan Rickman, the British actor with the unforgettable voice who played the brooding Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films as well as Die Hard villain Hans Gruber, died Thursday after a short battle with cancer, according to his representatives at Independent Talent Group. He was 69.
Brittany Nicole Carpentero (born May 20, 1988), better known by her stage name Diamond, is an American rapper and former member of the group Crime Mob.
Her Diamonds by Rob Thomas. This was the lead single from Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas' second solo album, Cradlesong. The phrase her diamonds is a metaphor for a girl's tears. In an interview with Neil McCormick on Twitter, Thomas explained: It's actually a song about a girl who is very ill.